Smoke in GA/FL

[Extremeweatherguy]

Tomorrow and Tuesday may be bad smoke days. As the winds pick up again, the fires should grow and smoke should pour toward the direction of the wind. With a forecast N or NE wind direction, places to the S and SW of the fires may see the smokiest conditions.

[Opal storm]

Dense smoke advisory for today...


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1113 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

...THE DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN
COUNTY ALABAMA...

.THE WILDFIRE ALONG THE PERDIDO RIVER NEAR BEULAH FLORIDA CONTINUES
TO GENERATE A LARGE AREA OF SMOKE. NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY WINDS ARE
TRANSPORTING SMOKE TO THE SOUTHEAST AFFECTING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 98
EAST IF LILLIAN...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 298... FLORIDA STATE ROADS 173
AND 292 WEST OF PENSACOLA...AND AREAS AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS GULF BEACH
HIGHWAY. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE FOG DEVELOPS AND MIXES WITH
THE SMOKE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Looks like the smoke will even make it here to Texas...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
335 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007

.DISCUSSION...
TOASTY OUT THERE THIS AFTERNOON AT 3 PM UTS AND BYY 90 AND IAH HIT
92. WILL HAVE AN RER FOR IAH OUT SHORTLY BUT IT MAY SURPASS THE
CURRENT 92 MARK. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA POPPING UP ACROSS THE REGION
WITH A SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS AROUND LVJ INTERACTING WITH THE BAY
AND SEABREEZE. VERY SLOW MOVING STORMS...ALONG THE COAST THEY ARE
GENERALLY DRIFTING WSW WHILE OVER THE CLL AREA THEY ARE DEVELOPING
SOUTHWARD AND IN THE NE ZONES STATIONARY. S/W ON WATER VAPOR NW OF
AUSTIN DRIFTING AIMLESSLY OR PERHAPS SOUTHEASTWARD. THIS WILL
PROBABLY ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF
THE CWA AND EVENTUALLY OVER THE NW CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
CONTINUE THE MENTION OF STORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS THEN
SKIES CLEAR OUT WITH THE DISSIPATION OF THE CIRRUS. CALM WINDS
INLAND TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP QUICKLY AFTER 6 PM. MIGHT SEE
A FEW SITES REPORT SOME PATCHY FOG 2+ MILES. GREATER CONCENTRATION
OF SMOKE STREAMING OVER THE GULF WILL LIFT NORTH FROM THE GULF AND
COASTAL BEND AREA INTO SETX IN THE MORNING SO CANT RULE OUT SOME
HAZY SKIES IN THE MORNING. MOISTURE DECREASES SLIGHTLY AND LIFT
SHIFTS AWAY TO THE NORTH ON MONDAY BUT WILL STILL HAVE A SEABREEZE
TO CONTEND WITH AS A LOCAL FOCUS FOR STORMS. TUESDAY THE SOUTHERLY
FLOW WILL HAVE BROUGHT IN MORE MOISTURE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A
COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH AND WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION
WEDNESDAY. BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN LOOK TO BE 18Z WED-18Z THU. THEN
WE WILL HAVE DRIED OUT AND COOLED OFF WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN BELOW
NORMAL. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS THE WARM
FRONT LIFTS BACK NORTH AND LIFT INCREASES.

That is a pretty far distance the smoke traveled to get here.

[CajunMama]

My cox homepage has a pic of just how bad & dense the smoke is. They've even had to close a couple of interstates.



Here's the article link if anyone is interested. Though those of you in FL are experiencing it first hand. http://tinyurl.com/2nhvg3

[JonathanBelles]

Smoke was better today. Still had a few puffs of smoke roll through. Interstates I-10 and I-75 were closed yesturday and today. Im hoping this front will wash off all the soot and ash.

[jdray]

I-10, I-75 and I-95 were all closed today in Florida.

Welcome to the Fire State!

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/tops ... ryid=81972
I-95 closed on the northside of Jacksonville when a marsh fire spread to 400 acres and they could not get equipment into it.

[Opal storm]

I'm going down to Disney World not this week but next, I hope it clears up by then and all the highways are open.

[yzerfan]

Winds shifted overnight, and you can now smell the smoke in the central and western FL Panhandle.

[Extremeweatherguy]

some reports coming in from AL and MS now. Looks like a big plume is heading from east to west across the GOM.

[jdray]

http://tinyurl.com/2ktn4e

List of all fires in Florida over 100 acres this year.

http://www.fl-dof.com/wildfire2007/wildfire_map.html
List of active fires.

Also:
http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
Nice viewer for fires.


List of major fires by name, county, acres burned percent contained.

Florida Bugaboo Fire Baker 102,500 30%

Dairy Road Fire Bradford 14,657 80%

Balsa Fire Collier 18,027 95%

WF Airport Road Fire Flagler 6,800 75%

Red Oak Fire Lake 50 95%

Lee Fire Lake 2,600 75%

Middle of Nowhere Fire Charlotte 4,700 75%

Mother's Day Fire Escambia 250 90%

Marsh Fire Duval 475 25%

[B'hamBlazer]

Smoke has now made it up as far as Birmingham, Alabama.

Here's a link to a Birmingham, Alabama webcam: http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamscompass.html

[Opal storm]

Winds shifted overnight, and you can now smell the smoke in the central and western FL Panhandle.

Yep it was very hazey/smokey here yesterday.

[JonathanBelles]

looks like the smoke is to return on the week end.

[lurkey]

Smoke has reached far north as Raleigh-Durham with reports coming in from Mebane NC and Charlotte

http://www.wral.com/weather/story/1419218/

[ncupsscweather]

Yes we are seeing it up here in Western North Carolina.